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dactylic Definition

dac·tylic (dak tilik)

adjective

of or made up of dactyls

noun

a dactylic line of poetry
dactylic Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • hexameter: Should we revive dactylic hexameter for What on Earth features?
  • rhythm: Jarzębski's Canzona quinta a 4 has a more sedate opening, where the dactylic rhythm is given out in double values.
  • meter: Virgil's dactylic meter is here almost always replaced by the iambic meter natural and fundamental to English.

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  1. dactylo-
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